Service user involvement in care planning: the mental health nurse's perspective

2000 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 425-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Anthony ◽  
P. Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Service User ◽  
User Involvement ◽  
Care Planning ◽  
Service User Involvement

scholarly journals Systematic synthesis of barriers and facilitators to service user-led care planning

2015 ◽  
Vol 207 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny Bee ◽  
Owen Price ◽  
John Baker ◽  
Karina Lovell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Service User ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Evidence Synthesis ◽  
Mental Health Policy ◽  
User Involvement ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Care Planning ◽  
Service User Involvement

BackgroundService user (patient) involvement in care planning is a principle enshrined by mental health policy yet often attracts criticism from patients and carers in practice.AimsTo examine how user-involved care planning is operationalised within mental health services and to establish where, how and why challenges to service user involvement occur.MethodSystematic evidence synthesis.ResultsSynthesis of data from 117 studies suggests that service user involvement fails because the patients' frame of reference diverges from that of providers. Service users and carers attributed highest value to the relational aspects of care planning. Health professionals inconsistently acknowledged the quality of the care planning process, tending instead to define service user involvement in terms of quantifiable service-led outcomes.ConclusionsService user-involved care planning is typically operationalised as a series of practice-based activities compliant with auditor standards. Meaningful involvement demands new patient-centred definitions of care planning quality. New organisational initiatives should validate time spent with service users and display more tangible and flexible commitments to meeting their needs.

Mental Health Policy in Northern Ireland: The Nature and of Extent of User Involvement

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deirdre Heenan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Service User ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Mental Health Policy ◽  
User Involvement ◽  
World Health ◽  
Service User Involvement

In a recent review of the mental health policies of its 42 member states in the European Region, the World Health Organization highlighted the need for further analysis of service user involvement in the policy making process. In the UK, a plethora of recent government policies and initiatives have stressed the importance of service user involvement in the design and delivery of health and social services. Their input is described as a fundamental requirement of a modern, flexible, responsive healthcare system. This paper reviews mental health policy in Northern Ireland, which has undergone a period of unprecedented activity and explores the extent to which service users have influenced the process of policy design and development. It raises questions about the extent to which a genuine commitment to and investment in user involvement has been achieved and comments on the prospects for the future.

Facilitators and Barriers to Service User Involvement in Mental Health Guidelines: Lessons from The Netherlands

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 712-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alida J. van der Ham ◽  
Laura S. Shields ◽  
Roddy van der Horst ◽  
Jacqueline E. W. Broerse ◽  
Maurits W. van Tulder
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Service User ◽  
User Involvement ◽  
Service User Involvement ◽  
Facilitators And Barriers ◽  
Barriers To Service
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